You will find below the list of theses and dissertations defended at the laboratory since 2003.

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2025

Hybrid landscapes. A critical and participatory modelling

Yohan Sahraou i- Dissertation for the Habilitation to Supervise Research

2024

Geoprospective and climate modelling of urban vegetation in a perspective of adaptation to heat waves: Dijon Métropole as a study case

Mélissa Poupelin - Thesis co-directed by Thomas Thévenin and Yves Richard (Biogeosciences laboratory)

2023

Analysis, modeling and simulation of road network morphogenesis based on geohistorical data : understanding past patterns to plan future cities

Hanae El Gouj - Thesis co-directed by Claire Lagesse and Cécile Tannier.

Wind Turbines in sights : understanding wind turbines impacts on visibility and ordinary landscapes of Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Marion Nativel - Thesis co-directed by Thomas Buhler, Jean-Christophe Foltête and Émeline Comby (University Lumière Lyon 2).

From discourses to mapping green and blue network : the role of ecological connectivity in Territorial Coherence Schemes of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region

Anissa Bellil - Thesis co-directed by Jean-Christophe Foltête and Émeline Comby (University  Lumière Lyon 2).

Modeling Environmental Sustainability and Presenting the Urban Ecovillage Pattern Based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT): A Comparative Study in Iran and France.

Sima Saadi - Thesis co-directed by Jean-Philippe Antoni and Hosein Karimzadeh (Tabriz University)

2022

Social work and territory : a renewed concern in social development.

Claire Regnier - Thesis co-directed by Alexandre Moine and Christian Guinchard (LASA, University of Franche-Comté)

Comprehending city and its production in Africa through a systemic approach : example of the city of Diamniadio, Dakar.

Cheikh Cisse - Thesis directed by Alexandre Moine

The impact of urban forms in the implementation of energy transition policies : a modelling approach

Maud Haffner - Thesis co-directed by Alain Lhostis (University Gustave Eiffel, LVMT) and Pierre Frankhauser. Supervision : Olivier Bonin (University Gustave Eiffel, LVMT)

2021

Bridging landscape graphs and genetic graphs for analysing habitat ecological connectivity

Paul Savary - Thesis co-directed by Jean-Christophe Foltête and Stéphane Garnier (Biogéosciences - UB)

Planonomie. À la recherche des régularités textuelles et visuelles que façonne la planification urbaine.

Thomas Buhler - Dissertation for the Habilitation to Supervise Research

L’ingénierie territoriale comme opérateur de capacitation territoriale. Pour une prise en compte de l’expérience des publics dans la territorialisation de la transition écologique.

Dany Lapostolle - Dissertation for the Habilitation to Supervise Research

Contributions of statistical modelling for the understanding of the nivo-glaciological dynamics of a small arctic glacial basin (Austre Lovén glacier, Spitsberg)

Sophie Schiavone - Thesis co-directed by Daniel Joly and Florian Tolle

2020

Sensitivity of a climate model to urban form : application on Dijon Métropole.

Thibaut Vairet - Thesis co-directed by Thomas Thevenin and Yves Richard (Biogéosciences)

Analysis of the spatial distribution of human settlements : contributions and limitations of multi-scale and trans-scale indicators.

François Sémécurbe - Thesis co-directed by Cécile Tannier and Stéphane Roux (École normale supérieure de Cachan)

Conceptualization and assessment of a vertical housing project for sustainable urban planning.

Jean Houssemand - Thesis directed by Jean-Philippe Antoni

2019

The issue of viability and socio-economic development in institutional territories facing administrative divisions in Senegal.

Seydou Ba - Thesis directed by Alexandre Moine

Simulation of realistic urban shapes of residential development, from the building scale to the entire urban area. 

Maxime Colomb - Thesis co-directed by Julien Perret and Cécile Tannier

Space Mouvements and Mutations in Algiers

Badra Merrad Benyamina - Thesis directed by André Larceneux and Tahar Baouni.

Machine learning for land use change analysis and modelling : an exploration of urban development on the French-German border area.

Valentine Judge -  Thesis co-directed by Jean-philippe Antoni and Olivier Klein (LISER, Luxembourg)

Controlling energy demand in Morocco’s building sector : what are the economic and environmental challenges

Saida Dabdoubi - Thesis co-directed by Bernadette Nicot and Abdelghani Bouayad (University Moulay Ismaïl, Meknès, Maroc)

2017

Analyse et simulation de la concentration et de la dispersion des implantations humaines de l'échelle micro-locale à l'échelle régionale - Modèles multi-échelles et trans-échelles

Cécile Tannier - Dissertation for the Habilitation to Supervise Research

Theoretical approaches for geometric optimization of urban forms : towards a fractal development of the city.

Mehdi Iraqi - Thesis directed by Pierre Frankhauser

Synthetic evaluation of territorial sustainability : strengths and weaknesses of modeling in the planning process.

Vincent Hély - Thesis directed by Jean-Philippe Antoni

De l'inégalité à l'irrégularité. Élargir le cadre temporel d'analyse de l'(im)mobilité

Benjamin Motte-Baumvol - Dissertation for the Habilitation to Supervise Research directed by Nadine Cattan, Directrice de Recherche au CNRS

The potential sustainable development of health-related tourism in Libya and its influence on the European tourist's attraction : a study in touristic geography.

Khaled Abdalla - Thesis directed by Yves Boquet

2016

The traces of speed between space and network : geohistorical approach of the growth of the French railway networ. 

Christophe Mimeur-  Thesis directed by Thomas Thévenin

The landscape, between aesthetic and ecology : a retrospective modelling based on land-cover changes.

Yohan Sahraoui - Thesis co-directed by Jean-Christophe Foltête and Céline Clauzel

The city under electrodes : from the measure to the evaluation of traffic air pollution : towards a multi-agent simulation of urban road traffic

Justin Emery - Thesis co-directed by Thomas Thévenin and Nadège Martiny

La territorialisation des gares de la grande vitesse

Valérie Facchinetti-Mannone - Mémoire d'Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches sous la direction de Philippe Menerault

2015

Ecological impacts of urban forms : urban and landscape modelling

Marc Bourgeois - Thesis co-directed by Jean-Christophe Foltête and Cécile Tannier

City and fortifications : from heritage to urban renewal

Clémentine Thierry - Thesis directed by Serge Ormaux

A normative planning approach for the Luxembourg : assessment based on spatial simulation

Maxime Frémond - Thesis co-directed by Cécile Tannier, Philippe Gerber (LISER, Luxembourg) and Pierre Frankhauser

Exploration of future changes of residential locations in an urban agglomeration using an individual-based simulation model (Mobisim)

Joanne Hirtzel - Thesis co-directed by Cécile Tannier and Pierre Frankhauser